Updated 8/2/22
Standardized testing requirements and the college admissions landscape change frequently. At Private Prep, we want our students and families to be as informed as possible about these changes so that they can ultimately make the best decisions about their test prep and college admissions plans. To that end, we have compiled new and noteworthy standardized test policy changes in a central place below.
The majority of colleges and universities in the United States remain test optional through the 2022-23 application cycle. Notable exceptions include:
Who isn’t test-optional?
- Auburn University [for students with below a 3.6 GPA]
- Florida A&M University
- Florida Atlantic University
- Florida Gulf Coast University
- Florida International University
- Florida Polytechnic University
- Florida State University
- Georgetown University [requires full testing history]
- Georgia Tech
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- New College of Florida
- University of Central Florida
- University of Florida
- University of Georgia
- University of North Florida
- University of South Florida
- University of West Florida
- University of Florida
- West Point [students may submit PSAT in lieu of ACT or SAT]
Many of the colleges and universities with current test optional policies are piloting test optional programs through the end of 2023. As a result, testing requirements for the class of 2024 remain unknown in many cases. While we expect that a large group of colleges will decide to remain test optional — ultimately, it helped them boost application numbers — we don’t yet know exactly which colleges will extend their policies.
For a complete list of schools with test-optional and test-flexible policies, visit fairtest.org.
- Caltech
- Cal State system [all campuses]
- Catholic University
- Cornell University — CALS, Business School, Architecture ONLY
- Dickinson College
- Hampshire College
- Loyola University New Orleans
- Pitzer College
- Reed College
- University of California system [all campuses]
Have questions about test-optional policies?
Learn more about what “test optional” really means here and the differences between test optional and test free [previously called test blind] here.
As always, we are here to help you navigate the quickly changing landscape. If you have any questions don’t hesitate to contact us.
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Minimum Admission Requirements: U.S. Senior Year/Grade 12 in an accredited high school with a high grade point average. We expect competitive applicants to be enrolled in a rigorous academic course load, and to have taken the highest level of course available to them in pre-requisite subjects.
Test optional assessment has been adopted for students applying for Fall 2022 and 2023 admission. Students who cannot or choose not to submit test results will not be disadvantaged in the admissions process; however, students who have written SAT or ACT tests previously, and wish to have these considered in their assessment, are encouraged to submit their scores. We recognize that students who submit SAT or ACT results may have experienced interruptions in their preparations for these tests, and that testing opportunities have been [and continue to be] limited in many locations. Results will be considered in this context.
Prerequisite subjects, including English, should be presented at Senior Year/Grade 12 level or AP/IB. SAT Subject Tests cannot be used to satisfy prerequisites. Calculus 12 or AP Calculus or 1 semester of college or university Calculus is required for most math, science, computer science, and commerce programs. Precalculus cannot be used to satisfy the Calculus prerequisite. AP Statistics does not provide the appropriate preparation.
SAT, ACT and AP scores should be sent to us electronically. SAT and AP institution code is 0982 and ACT institution code is 5366.
Transfer credit may be awarded for your Advanced Placement examinations and/or International Baccalaureate Higher Level subjects. See: Transfer Credit Information for further details.
Afghanistan
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Baccalauria
Albania
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Certificate of Maturity
Algeria
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Baccalauréat d’Enseignement Secondaire
Angola
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Ensino Geral Certificado de Habilitações [Secondary School Leaving Certificate]
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Bachillerato
Armenia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Certificate of Complete General Secondary Education and Certificate of Unified Examination
Australia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
- ACT: Senior Secondary Certificate and ATAR [Australian Tertiary Admission Rank]
- NSW: Higher School Certificate and ATAR
- NT: Certificate of Education and ATAR
- QLD: Certificate of Education and ATAR
- SA: Certificate of Education and ATAR
- TAS: Certificate of Education and ATAR
- VIC: Certificate of Education and ATAR
- WA: Certificate of Education and ATAR
Austria
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Reifeprufungzeugnis [“Matura”]/Reifezeugnis
Azerbaijan
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Certificate of Complete Secondary Education [Tam Orta Təhsil Haqqında Attestat]
Bahamas
Minimum Admission Requirements:
High School [Grade 12] Diploma with IGCSE/BGCSE and SAT Reasoning/ACT/AP examinations or First Year completed at the University of the Bahamas.
See British-Patterned, International Baccalaureate
Bahrain
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Secondary school education/leaving certificate
Bangladesh
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Higher Secondary Certificate
Barbados
Belarus
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Attestat o Srednem [Polnom] Obshchem Obrazovanii
Belgium
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Certificat d’Enseignement Secondaire Supérieur/Diploma Secundair Onderwijs/Abschlusszeugnis der Oberstufe des Sekundarunterrichts
Belize
Benin
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Baccalauréat de l’Enseignement Secondaire/Baccalauréat de l’Enseignement du Second Degré
Bermuda
Bhutan
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Bhutan Higher Secondary Education Certificate
Bolivia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Bachillerato/Bachiller + University Entrance Exam [if written]
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Matura/Secondary School Leaving Certificate
Botswana
Minimum Admission Requirements:
First Year completed at a recognized university. Individual consideration is also given to applicants with excellent results in secondary school graduation qualifications.
See British-Patterned
Brazil
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Certificado de Conclusao de Ensino Medio and ENEM [Middle Education National Examination]/Vestibular [university entrance exam].
British Virgin Islands
Brunei
Bulgaria
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Diploma Za Zavarsheno Sredno Obrazovanie
Burkina Faso
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Baccalauréat
Burundi
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Diplôme d’État
Cambodia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Upper Secondary School Certificate of Completion [after 12 years of schooling]
Cameroon
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Baccalauréat OR Cameroon GCE Ordinary and Advanced Level [three subjects at Advanced Level]
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Baccalauréat/Diplôme de Bachelier de l’Enseignement du Second Degré
Chad
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Baccalauréat de l’Enseignement du Second Degré
Chile
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Licencia de Educacion Media and Prueba de Acceso a la Educación Superior [PAES]/Prueba de Transición [PDT]
China
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Senior High School [Upper Middle School] Graduation Diploma and Academic Proficiency Test/Upper Middle School Graduation [Hui Kao] Exam and Chinese National University Entrance Examinations [Gao Kao]. Applicants not intending to write the Gao Kao must present the ACT or SAT as an alternative. Students applying for Fall 2023 admission who cannot or choose not to submit ACT or SAT results will not be disadvantaged in the admissions process; however, students who have written the SAT or ACT and wish to have these considered in their assessment are encouraged to submit their scores. Applicants who have written AP exams are encouraged to submit their results. Prospective students aiming for admission in Fall 2024 should visit this page in September 2023 for updated information about admission requirements. Refer to the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering for further information about studying Engineering at U of T.
Colombia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
First Year completed at a recognized university. Individual consideration is also given to applicants with excellent results in secondary school graduation qualifications.
Comoros
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Baccalauréat de l’Enseignement du Second Degré
Congo, Democratic Republic of
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Diplôme d’État d’Études Secondaires du Cycle Long
Congo, Republic of
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Baccalauréat/Diplôme de Bachelier de l’Enseignement du Second Degré
Costa Rica
Minimum Admission Requirements:
First Year completed at a recognized university
Croatia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Matura/Secondary School Leaving Certificate
Cuba
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Bachillerato/Pre-university course and national competitive exam
Cyprus
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Apolytirio Eniaiou of Lykeiou/Devlet Lise Diplomasi/Lise Bitirme Diplomasi
Czech Republic
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Vysvedceni o Maturitni Zkouska/Maturita
Denmark
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Studentereksamen/Hojere Forberedelseseksamen/Hojere Handelseksamen/Hojere Teknisk Eksamen
Djibouti
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Baccalauréat Général
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Bachiller en modalida general
East Timor
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Ensino Secundario Diploma
Ecuador
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Bachillerato/Bachiller and University Entrance Exam [if written].
Egypt
Minimum Admission Requirements:
General Secondary Education Certificate [Thanaweya A’ama]
El Salvador
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Bachillerato/Bachiller and University Entrance Exam [if written]
England
Eritrea
Minimum Admission Requirements:
First Year completed at a recognized university
Estonia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Secondary School Leaving Certificate
Ethiopia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
General Education Certificate Examination and Ethiopian Higher Education [University] Entrance Examination
European Baccalaureate
Minimum Admission Requirements:
The completed European Baccalaureate Diploma. Prerequisite courses should be presented in the final year.
Fiji
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Year 13 Certificate [5 subjects]/University of the South Pacific Foundation Year
Finland
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Ylioppilastutkintotodistus/Studentexamensbetyg
France
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Baccalauréat Genéral. Transfer credit may be awarded for your French Baccalaureate subjects. See: Transfer Credit Information .
French Guiana
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Baccalauréat Genéral. Transfer credit may be awarded for your French Baccalaureate subjects. See: Transfer Credit Information .
Gabon
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Baccalauréat
Gambia
Georgia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Sashualo Skolis Atestati
Germany
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Zeugnis der Allgemeinen Hochschulreife/Abitur/Reifezeugnis
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greece
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Apolytirio Geniko Lykeio
Grenada
Guatemala
Minimum Admission Requirements:
First Year completed at a recognized university
Guinea
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Baccalauréat Unique
Guyana
Haiti
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Baccalauréat/Diplôme d’Enseignement Sécondaire
Honduras
Minimum Admission Requirements:
First Year completed at a recognized university
Hong Kong
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education [HKDSE]: the completed diploma, including at least 2 elective subjects from Categories A and/or C. Subjects should include prerequisites for intended programs. Mathematics Module 1 [Calculus and Statistics] or Module 2 [Algebra and Calculus] is required for programs with the Calculus prerequisite. Applicants who are not completing Module 1 or 2 may present Advanced Level Mathematics or AP Calculus as an alternative. For admission requirements to the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, refer to Engineering.
Hungary
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Gimnaziumi Erettsegi Bizonyitvany [Matura]
Iceland
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Studentsprof from gymnazium
India
Minimum Admission Requirements:
All India Senior School Certificate [awarded by CBSE] or Indian School Certificate [awarded by CISCE]. Year 12 State Board Exams with excellent results will also be considered on an individual basis.
CBSE students interested in programs that require Calculus for admission, such as business, engineering, and science programs, must present Class XII Standard Mathematics for admission consideration. Class XII Applied Mathematics [new and old syllabus] will not meet the Calculus requirement.
For admission requirements to the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, refer to Engineering.
Indonesia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Ijazah Sekolah Menegah Atas [Diploma awarded by Upper Secondary School]
International Baccalaureate [IB]
Iran
Iraq
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Sixth Form Baccalaureate
Ireland, Northern
Ireland [Republic of]
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Leaving Certificate
Israel
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Bagrut/Mechina
Italy
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Diploma di Superamento Dell’Esame di Stato
Ivory Coast/Côte d’Ivoire
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Diplôme de Bachelier de l’Enseignement du Second Degré
Jamaica
Minimum Admission Requirements: See CAPE
Japan
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Kotogakko Sotsugyo Shomeisho
Jordan
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Secondary school education/leaving certificate
Kazakhstan
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Attestat o Srednem [Polnom] Obshchem Obrazovanii
Kenya
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Certificate of Secondary Education
Korea, North
Minimum Admission Requirements:
First Year completed at a recognized university
Korea, South
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Immumgye Kodung Hakkyo Choeupchang [Academic Upper Secondary School Certificate] + College Scholastic Ability Test
Kuwait
Minimum Admission Requirements:
General Secondary School Certificate/Leaving Certificate
Kyrgyzstan
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Attestat o Srednem [Polnom] Obshchem Obrazovanii
Laos
Minimum Admission Requirements:
First Year completed at a recognized university
Latvia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Atestats par visparejo videjo izglitibu
Lebanon
Minimum Admission Requirements:
General Secondary Education Certificate
Lesotho
Minimum Admission Requirements:
First Year completed at a recognized university. Individual consideration is also given to applicants with excellent results in secondary school graduation qualifications.
Liberia
Libya
Minimum Admission Requirements:
High School Leaving Certificate
Liechtenstein
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Matura
Lithuania
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Brandos Atestatas
Luxembourg
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Diplôme de Fin d’Etudes Secondaires
Macao
Madagascar
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Baccalauréat de l’Enseignement Secondaire
Malawi
Minimum Admission Requirements:
School Certificate of Education
Malaysia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysa/Sijil Tinggi Pelajaran Malaysia or MICSS Unified Examination Certificate [UEC – Senior Middle Level]
Mali
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Baccalauréat
Malta
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Matriculation Certificate
Mauritania
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Baccalauréat de l’Enseignement du Second Degré
Mauritius
Mexico
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Bachillerato
Moldova
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Diploma de Bacalaureat
Mongolia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Certificate of Complete Secondary Education
Montenegro
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Matura/Secondary School Leaving Certificate
Morocco
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Baccalauréat
Mozambique
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Certificado de Habilitacoes Literarias
Myanmar
Minimum Admission Requirements:
First Year completed at a recognized university
Namibia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Namibian Senior Secondary Certificate with at least 4 Higher subjects
See British-Patterned
Nepal
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Higher Secondary Certificate at Grade 12 Level
Netherlands
Minimum Admission Requirements:
VWO Certificate
New Zealand
Minimum Admission Requirements:
National Certificate of Educational Achievement Level 3 and University Entrance Standard
Nicaragua
Minimum Admission Requirements:
First Year completed at a recognized university
Niger
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Baccalauréat/Diplôme de Bachelier de l’Enseignement Second Degré
Nigeria
North Macedonia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Secondary School Leaving Diploma and State Matura
Norway
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Vitnemal Videregaende Opplaering
Oman
Minimum Admission Requirements:
General Education Diploma
Pakistan
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Intermediate/Higher Secondary School Certificate
Panama
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Bachillerato/Bachiller
Papua New Guinea
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Higher School Certificate
Paraguay
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Bachillerato/Bachiller and University Entrance Exam [if written]
Peru
Minimum Admission Requirements:
First Year completed at a recognized university
Philippines
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Senior High School [K-12 system] Diploma
Poland
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Swiadectwo Dojrzalosci/Matura
Portugal
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Diploma Nivel Secundario de Educacao/Diploma de 12 ano de escolaridad [Year 12 school certificate]/Certificado de fim de Estudos Secundarios
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Minimum Admission Requirements:
General Secondary Education Certificate/Senior School Certificate
Romania
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Diploma de Bacalaureat
Russia
Rwanda
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Certificat du Cycle Supérieur de l’Enseignement Secondaire or Advanced General Certificate of Secondary Education
Samoa
Minimum Admission Requirements:
National University of Samoa Foundation Certificate/University of the South Pacific Foundation Year
Saudi Arabia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
General Secondary Education Certificate
Scotland
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Scottish Qualifications Certificate with 4 Highers
See British-Patterned
Senegal
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Diplôme de Bachelier de l’Enseignement du Second Degré
Serbia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Matura/Secondary School Leaving Certificate
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education Examinations [Advanced Level] with three H2 Level examinations [excluding Knowledge & Inquiry]. Applications from students following the Integrated Programme are also considered. Transfer credit may be awarded for your Advanced Level/H2 subjects. See: Transfer Credit Information
Slovak Republic
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Maturitnej Skuske/Maturita
Slovenia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Matura/Secondary School Leaving Certificate
Solomon Islands
Minimum Admission Requirements:
University of the South Pacific Foundation Year
Somalia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
First Year completed at a recognized university. Individual consideration is also given to applicants with excellent results in secondary school graduation qualifications.
South Africa
Minimum Admission Requirements:
National Senior Certificate with matriculation endorsement
Spain
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Titulo de Bachiller and University Entrance Exam
Sri Lanka
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Sri Lankan GCE Advanced Levels in 3 subjects
See British-Patterned
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Sudan
Minimum Admission Requirements:
First Year completed at a recognized university
Suriname
Minimum Admission Requirements:
VWO Certificate
Swaziland
Minimum Admission Requirements:
First Year completed at a recognized university
Sweden
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Fullstandigt Slutbetyg from Gymnasieskolan
Switzerland
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Eidgenossisches Maturitat/Maturité Fedéral Baccalauréat/Maturita Fedérale/Baccalauréat Genéral/Federally recognized Cantonal Maturity Certificates
Syria
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Secondary school education/leaving certificate
Taiwan
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Senior High School Certificate of Graduation and GSAT [or Designated Subject Examination].
Tajikistan
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Attestat o Srednem [Polnom] Obshchem Obrazovanii
Tanzania
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Advanced Certificate of Secondary Education and Certificate of Secondary Education
Thailand
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Mathayom 6
Togo
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Baccalauréat de l’Enseignement du Troisième Degré
Tonga
Minimum Admission Requirements:
National Form 7 or University of the South Pacific Foundation Year
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Baccalauréat
Türkiye
Turkmenistan
Minimum Admission Requirements:
First year completed at a recognized university
Turks and Caicos Islands
Uganda
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Advanced Certificate of Education and Certificate of Education
Ukraine
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Certificate of Complete General Secondary Education [Svidotstvo pro zdobuttia povnoi zagalnoi serednoi osvity]
United Arab Emirates
Minimum Admission Requirements:
General Secondary Education Certificate
United Kingdom
United States of America
Uruguay
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Bachillerato/Bachiller
Uzbekistan
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Akademik Litsey Diplomi [Diploma of Academic Lyceum]
Vanuatu
Minimum Admission Requirements:
University of the South Pacific Foundation Year; also see Fiji and New Zealand
Venezuela
Minimum Admission Requirements:
First Year completed at a recognized university
Vietnam
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Bang Tot Nghiep Trung Hoc Pho Thong
West African Examinations Council [WAEC]
West Bank and Gaza
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Tawjihi or First Year completed at a recognized university
Yemen
Minimum Admission Requirements:
General Secondary Education Certificate
Zambia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
School Certificate
Zimbabwe
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Zimbabwe Certificate of Secondary Education Advanced Level
See British-Patterned